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Title: 1728 Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle WORKS 3 FOLIO VOLUMES ILLUSTRATED antique

Description: Fontenelle, (B. le Bovier (Bouyer), de.
Oeuvres diverses.
Nouvelle edition, augmentee et enrichie de Figures gravees.
3 volumes, complete set
The Hague, Gosse & Neaulme; 1728-29
Works of the important French author and early Enlightenment figure Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle ,
large format version with a frame for each text page.
Folio: 9 3/4 by 14 3/4"
With 3 engraved title vignettes, 6 copper plates and 183 partly repeated engraved text vignettes by B. Picart.
Original leather bindings ruled in gilt, spines with raised bands with gilt ornaments and red morocco title labels.
All edges are gilt
Some wear of bindings, very good interior
-Cohen 407; Graesse 2, 612. -
Text in French
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Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657 – 1757), also called Bernard Le Bouyer de Fontenelle, was a French author and an influential member of three of the academies of the Institut de France, noted especially for his accessible treatment of scientific topics during the unfolding of the Age of Enlightenment.
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1728 Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle WORKS 3 FOLIO VOLUMES ILLUSTRATED antique

Name: 1728 Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle WORKS 3 FOLIO VOLUMES ILLUSTRATED antique
SKU: 236865985
Price: 700 USD
Availability: InStock